RYUKI

[foreverphantom]

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[foreverphantom]

[ huffs dryly ] They really should've.

I know it because it's where I used to go all the time after school.

[unsync]

......

Casper High?

[foreverphantom]

[ the tiniest of flinches...but then a nod ]

[unsync]

That's your school?

[foreverphantom]

It was.

[unsync]

What do you mean, "was"...?

[foreverphantom]

[ ...ah. shit.

he tenses for a moment but then sighs. ]

I...moved away, after the CATs.

[unsync]

[ He supposes, if the CATs determine your future, then this would make perfect sense. Except isn't Danny still 16 or something. ]

What happened at yours?

[foreverphantom]

...I cheated.

It didn't go well.

[unsync]

. . .

Nasty Sauce?

[ It's like vaguely occurring to him that the more he recounts this tale, the more he feels like he should find this absolutely ridiculous actually, but he's still riding the highs, mostly lows, of high school. ]

[foreverphantom]

So the Nasty Burger did blow up for you too.

[unsync]

How could that happen twice?! Who's running that franchise?!

[foreverphantom]

It's the sauce. [ laughs mirthlessly ] Strange how one massive fireball of highly combustible condiments can ruin your whole future, isn't it?

[ lowe. lowe i need you to know. i need you to understand. that this is an actual canon line that was for real said out loud. ]

[unsync]

[ I remember........ ]

...

[ The absurdity of this statement makes him realise this can't possibly be real, what the fuck? ]

I... guess... so?

[foreverphantom]

So if you took the CATs, and then everything blew up, then let me guess...

...you ended up staying with Vlad Masters?

[unsync]

[ Me having to try to remember if Vlad actually ever introduced himself ever. ]

...There was some guy, yeah. Grey hair.

1/2

[foreverphantom]

Yeah, that's him alright.

Wait, but then if you ended up at Vlad's, and then you guys came back here dead, that means...

[foreverphantom]

[ he bursts out laughing. it's not a nice sound, there's no joy in it. if anything, it sounds mean somehow ] Oh, man. You guys have no idea how lucky you are!

[unsync]

[ He grimaces at the idea of them being considered 'lucky'. Unfortunately for Danny but perhaps something Lisa would get a kick out of was that the event kind of nailed Ryuki's trauma in an almost-bullseye fashion. ]

What do you mean? How do you know all of this?

[foreverphantom]

[ oh yaaaaay!!! i'm so happy for him C8 ]

Because all of it happened to me, obviously! Except I didn't get to leave and go back to a world where none of it ever happened!

[unsync]

...

[ Half of him is feeling empathy for Danny. The other half is math-ladying. ]

That... this is... [ Squints. ] These are your events?

[foreverphantom]

Sounds just about like it.

[unsync]

What in the... why?

[ His brain is slooowly slotting into place proper. ]

[foreverphantom]

What do you mean, why?

I already told you. Because I cheated.

[unsync]

No, not that. I meant why was I in your dream?